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Undoubtedly, many lives were saved during the September hurricane
through emergency warnings distributed by the police, especially to
those in isolated communities or traveling on the highways.
It is coneidered highly desirable that we make whatever arrangements
nncewary to utilize these channels and to obtain the cooperation
of police and highway officials in every State in disseminating emergency
warnings for the protection of life and property. This service should
include warnings to motorists and school bus drivers of hazardow highway
conditions as well as warnings of a more serious nature involving,
as in the case of hurricanes and floods, the evacuation of exposed areas
and other emergency measures.
In order to place the systcni in operation, it is requested that contacts
be made and appropriate arrangerncnts worked out for every State, These
arrangements should be coordinated by the forecast centers and regional
offices to avoid overlapping distribution. Also, it should be noted that
many local Weather Bureau Ofices as well a8 forecast centers now havo
arrangements for furnishing police nnd highway patrols with warnings
and these Rhould bc incorporated.
When plans are completed, charts showing the networks and diagraming
communication layouts should be prepared and reproduced for
the inforniation of forecast centers, the IEcgional 0 tfccs, the Central
Ofice, and local offices involved in the arrangements. Tho diagrams
submitted in connection with the storm networks may Bervc in a general
way as an example of the typr of illustration dcsircd.
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ERRATA AND CHANGES IN INSTRUCTIONS
The following are errata and changes in instructions for computing
and coding weekly and monthly mean temperatures, total precipitation,
degrcc days, and snow and icc data, effective September 1, 1944:
Page 1. Parugruph 111. Computation of Weekly Moans.
(a) Weekly Meun ‘I’ernperalures.
In coniputing wookly mean tomperatures, tho rnaximuni and mininiuni
ternperuturun for tho period Tuoday through Monday (SCG Form 1062 and 111
(f) , pug0 2) will be for the 24 hours onding at midnight, or 0130 EST if a stution
tukm only tho four 6-hourly observations. Tho minimum tomporaturo for the
final Tuosduy will bo for the 6 houm ending at 0730 EST. Add tho maxima
(Tuesday through Monday) and tho rninirna ( Wednoday through Tuosduy)
-udd these suim together and divide by 14 to obtain tho wookly moan
temporature. Tho Weather Uuroau rule will be followod in reducing tho mean
tijmperature to wholo numbers for coding.
Page 3. Paragraph V. Coding tho Datu for Transmission.
ssf+-Total dspt of snow on thoground at tho 1030 lIST (?OS0 EWT) obsorvation
on Monday in “hundreds:’ tqtens;’ and